#C856C1#C856C1

#C856C1 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.192 H 330.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C856C1
RGB	rgb(200, 86, 193)
HSL	hsl(304, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(304, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57%, 3.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.85, 58.93, -35.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.85, 68.58, 329.24°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% 0.1666 -0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.192 330)
XYZ	xyz(36.7725, 22.7876, 52.9034)
Luminance	0.2278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C856C1 #56C85D

analogous

#9656C8 #C856C1 #C85688

triadic

#C856C1 #C1C856 #56C1C8

tetradic

#C856C1 #C89656 #56C85D #5688C8

square

#C856C1 #C89656 #56C85D #5688C8

split-complementary

#C856C1 #88C856 #56C896

monochromatic

#7B2876 #AA37A3 #C856C1 #D784D2 #E6B2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#C856C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#C856C1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C856C1

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C856C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C856C1	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E79C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7389BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF6184

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c856c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 86, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.192 330.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8cd4',
    500: '#c856c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c856c1;
$custom-light: #db8cd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c856c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.684,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63547,
    "c": 0.19234,
    "h": 330
  },
  "luminance": 0.22785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C856C1

secondary

#A5D4A8

accent

#DA564D

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FA

border

#D4CBD3

text

#150C14

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C856C1

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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